Dragonmeet is a small one-day convention in London. It's been a few years since I've been there, and while it's still small, it has certainly grown since my last visit. That said, it's one of those conventions which I hope stay small, as that gives it a certain charm and friendliness that can be hard to match with larger events. Here's a couple of things I found while at Dragonmeet this year. &nbsp...READ MORE

I have been experimenting with the idea of one-page adventures designed for a single session, with everything on one side of one sheet of paper. The Business of Emotion was an early EN5ider adventure by Paul Oklesh, and this is that adventure converted to the one-page format. I figured I'd share it with you guys. You will need the core rules for NPC/creature stat blocks. You can see it as an image below, or grab the PDF for free over on the Patreon (you don't need to be a patron). &nbsp...READ MORE

My wife recently surprised me with an escape room outing for my birthday. It gave me an appreciation for the basics of how escape rooms work and how they can be applied to tabletop role-play. &nbsp...READ MORE

I met Travis Legge, one of the most prolific individuals in tabletop gaming today, when I interviewed CJ Hurtt about Glimpse the Beyond 2e (written by CJ, developed by Travis and published through his Aegis Studios). Since then I’ve been friends with Travis and seen the number of games he creates (over 300 entries on DriveThruRPG). Recently, Travis announced that, after crafting community content through Onyx Path Publishing’s Slarecian Vault, he’s achieved what many creators aim for when he was asked to freelance on an official OPP Scarred Lands product. What follows are Travis’ thoughts on what he’s done to get to where he’s at and what’s next for him. &nbsp...READ MORE

Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! More new D&D products announced for 2019, Basic Dungeons & Dragons rules updated, Steve Jackson Games reviving a classic game line, Legend of the Five Rings setting expansion released, and more! &nbsp...READ MORE

In this week's podcast, Morrus and Peter dive into the new Dungeons & Dragons setting book, Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica, seeing what the iconic Magic: The Gathering setting looks like to D&D players new to the world. In the news, Wizards of the Coast and partners announce more Dungeons & Dragons products coming next year, EN World holding its annual Most Anticipated RPG of 2019 poll, plus Our Favorite Game in All the World, a new sketch, a brand new contest, and more!
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Black Atlantic is an adventure. Black Atlantic is a regional sourcebook. Black Atlantic is the third adventure in a trilogy, ending a long connected story arc in a glossy, full-color pursuit of a powerful weapon. It is not necessary to have played the previous two hardcover adventures. In Thy Blood or The Killing Game. However, Black Atlantic will spoil the overall story if you have not the played them. &nbsp...READ MORE

For my second “RPG Crowdfunding News” article on EN World, I look at games based on webcomics, movie quotes, expansions to gaming lines, and more. RPGs that run on Savage Worlds, Mutant: Year Zero, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Powered by the Apocalypse/Dungeon World, and original engines. That said, it’s difficult to cover all of the games on Kickstarter or Indiegogo, and some of them were omitted like Modern: Book of Elves, Canitaurs & Felitaurs, and How Orcus Stole Christmas!, among others. That said, all of these crowdfunding campaigns are worth reading to see what’s coming in 2019. &nbsp...READ MORE

Two Dungeons & Dragons books have popped up on Amazon, published by Ten Speed Press, who are the same people who produced the recent Art & Arcana book which has been lauded widely. Both are 112 pages, and have a recommended age of 8-12 years. &nbsp...READ MORE

The fourth instalment of the critically acclaimed adventure path is here! While Seaquen recovers from an unnatural natural disaster, the heroes undertake a quest to find allies in the nearby nation of Dassen before Ragesia’s army arrives. But the heroes discover strange tidings surrounding Dassen’s King Steppengard. What afflicts the king, and is Duke Gallo truly conspiring against him? Seaquen’s survival depends on unraveling the mystery. Just what kind of feast can the heroes expect when they sit down to the mad king’s banquet? &nbsp...READ MORE

Last week Mike Tresca took an American perspective on the best holidays for dropping fireballs on your friends and family, but how do things fare for those of us living beyond the reach of star-spangled banners and thanksgiving turkeys? Well, here’s the resident Brit to fill you in on how we do it in the land of cinematic fog, hot tea and indecipherable regional accents. &nbsp...READ MORE

A new article over on EN5ider! Rolling a natural 20 or a natural 1 has never been so much fun! With these ability check critical effects for your 5E game, there are positive and negative tables for physical, social, medicine, knowledge, and arcane style checks. By Jeff Gomez; illustrated by Herman Lau. &nbsp...READ MORE

Three new items have popped up on Amazon: two decks of Monster Cards (CR 0-5, and CR 6-16), and one of Magic Items! They all have a release date of 5th February 2019, though they are already available in local game stores and from Gale Force 9. &nbsp...READ MORE

In our entry for Epic Monsters today we’re looking at a common motif in European folklore that didn’t really get its footing until The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I’m talking of course about the Headless Horseman! &nbsp...READ MORE

Our tabletop RPGs are full of sci-fi universes - Star Wars and Star Trek, to Warhammer 40K and and Starfinder and more. From Drake’s Equation to Fermi’s Paradox, from the sheer number of extrasolar planets to the lack of evidence of other life, what say you? Are we alone? If not why have we seen no convincing evidence of alien life? &nbsp...READ MORE

Did you know that, in addition to online magazines like EN5ider and TRAILseeker, EN World has its own Patreon? This Patreon is what funds the news page, and the various columnists who contribute to it. Your support for our community is very much appreciated! &nbsp...READ MORE

Reviews

Sure you may have seen all the films and watched the shows and maybe even played the games, but has any of that prepared you for the time when the undead come for your brains? No worry friend, Renegade Game Studio and Hunters Entertainment have you covered.

I’m not much of a RIFTS player, but I love the lore, fluff, story—whatever one chooses to call it—surrounding RIFTS. Sometimes, I’ll incorporate some material from the RIFTS World Books into my D & D campaign. That’s precisely what I’ve done recently with a homebrew Castlevania game I’m working on. I’ve used some material from this book for the upcoming campaign.

You chased a thief into a swamp, trekked through trackless forests and bogs, and fought your way out of an ambush set by orx. Just another day as wandering adventurers in Zweihänder the grim and perilous RPG.

On Saturday, September 22nd, Failbetter Games launched Skyfarer, a tabletop RPG tie-in to Sunless Skies, their steampunk literary RPG video game. Available exclusively through TabletopGaming.co.uk, this promotional tool hypes the video game franchise by bringing it to the world of tabletop. The day it dropped, one of the members of my gamer group - a fan of the PC version - downloaded it, read it, and learned the rules, so we put aside our regular game and slung dice in the world of Sunless Skies on launch day. What follows is a recounting of that game.